Evidence was sufficient to show that 19-year-old child was severely and permanently disabled and was unable to live independently, as required to support award of continuing child support; physician testified that child suffered from fibromyalgia, a painful condition that limited child’s physical activity and ability to hold a job, psychologists testified that child suffered from several psychological disorders that caused very noticeable and disruptive tics, significant anxiety, lapses in concentration, and self-destructive behavior, and mother testified that child’s tics could so severe that mother once observed what looked to her like a grand mal seizure.
http://www.courts.state.va.us/opinions/opncavwp/0724131.pdf
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